BISA 2026 Conference

Financialising development

TH04

4 Jun 2026, 13:15

1h 30m

Panel Global Politics and Development

Description

This panel explores how financialisation is reshaping various development interventions, from carbon offsets in China and global climate finance architecture through blue economy initiatives in the Caribbean and digitalised welfare in Argentina to financial market classifications.

Subcontributions

• The Financialisation of Global Climate Finance: Motivations, Drivers and Outcomes
• Financing Carbon Offsets in China’s Shareholding State: The Role of State-Owned Enterprises in the Low-Carbon Transition
• Finance and the Blue Economy: Financialising Ocean Governance in The Bahamas and Barbados
• The Creditisation of Welfare: Digital Infrastructures and the Financialisation of Development Policy in Argentina
• Reinforcing the Financial Frontier: Index Providers Conditioning Financial Development